1. Carlton Jakston "Jak" Crawford was born on 2 May 2005 and is an American racing driver, who competes in the FIA Formula 2 Championship for DAMS, and serves as a reserve driver in Formula One for Aston Martin and in Formula E for Andretti.
38 Facts About Jak Crawford
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Jak Crawford finished runner-up in the 2020 ADAC Formula 4 Championship.
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Jak Crawford competed in multiple championships, predominantly in North America, winning the Challenge of the Americas - Junior Rotax Series among others.
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In 2018, Jak Crawford made his car racing debut in the NACAM Formula 4 Championship, driving for Scuderia Martiga EG.
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Jak Crawford won six races, and with eight further podiums the American driver finished second in the Series behind Manuel Sulaiman.
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Jak Crawford raced in the German and Italian Formula 4 Championships in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic he would only compete part-time in the latter.
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Jak Crawford signed for Van Amersfoort Racing, partnering fellow Red Bull Junior Team member Jonny Edgar.
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Jak Crawford missed the first two races of the season at Algarve due to his age, however he took 8 wins and a further two podium finishes to finish 3rd in the standings despite missing 2 rounds.
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In January 2022, Jak Crawford partook in the Formula Regional Asian Championship with Prema ahead of their FIA Formula 3 campaign together.
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Jak Crawford took 3 podiums en route to 6th in the overall standings.
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Jak Crawford partook in three rounds in the 2023 Formula Regional Middle East Championship with Hitech Grand Prix before his main 2023 campaign.
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In October 2020 Jak Crawford completed the first post-season test at Catalunya, running for Hitech GP.
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In January 2022, Jak Crawford was confirmed with the Italian outfit for that year's championship.
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Jak Crawford took his first and only victory of the season at the Sprint race in Austria.
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Jak Crawford tested for Hitech Grand Prix in the 2022 post-season Yas Marina F2 test.
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In January 2023, it was announced that Jak Crawford would be reuniting with Hitech for the 2023 Formula 2 Championship, partnering Red Bull junior Isack Hadjar.
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Jak Crawford led the sprint for one lap before being passed by Ayumu Iwasa causing him to drop to 2nd but it would get worse for Jak Crawford as was passed by Ralph Boschung, Jehan Daruvala, Victor Martins, Kush Maini, Frederik Vesti, and Jack Doohan dropping him to 8th.
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Jak Crawford ran 3rd at the start but was overtaken by Frederik Vesti and ex F3 teammate Oliver Bearman meaning he ran 5th but he benefitted from the late canarge that saw Dennis Hauger, Victor Martins, Jehan Daruvala, Theo Pourchaire and Jack Doohan retire to finish third behind the safety car which marked his second podium finish in F2.
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Jak Crawford would be unable to repass the two in front of him meaning he finished third but he still took his first podium since Monaco.
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Jak Crawford would then retire on lap 27 after Roman Stanek pushed him into the gravel at turn 8 ending what was a horrible weekend for the American driver.
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Jak Crawford finished 2023,13th in the drivers championship with 57 points.
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Jak Crawford helped Hitech Pulse-Eight finish eighth in the teams championship.
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Jak Crawford drove for DAMS in the post season test with him finishing third fastest on day 1.
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Jak Crawford started the season by qualifying 10th in Bahrain, giving him reverse grid pole for the sprint.
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Jak Crawford would take the lead at the start of the sprint but would be overtaken by Zane Maloney on lap 8 and be forced to settle for 2nd place.
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Jak Crawford crashed in qualifying for the round in Australia forcing him to start in 21st.
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Jak Crawford then moved into the lead when the drivers on the alternative strategy pitted and crossed the line to take his first win of 2024.
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Jak Crawford left Barcelona sitting 4th in the championship with 62 points, however he was 38 points behind championship leader Paul Aron.
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Jak Crawford would run in 4th throughout the feature race but would inherit 3rd place when Paul Aron suffered an engine failure on the penultimate lap taking a very unlikely podium.
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Jak Crawford would fight with Victor Martins for third for most of the sprint until he overtook the ART driver on lap 17.
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Jak Crawford finished 2024 5th in the championship with 125 points.
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Jak Crawford drove for DAMS in the post season test, ending the 1st day with the fastest time.
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Jak Crawford would remain with DAMS Lucas Oil for the 2025 FIA Formula 2 season.
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In January 2020, Jak Crawford was named as a new signing for the Red Bull Junior Team.
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On 5 June 2024, Jak Crawford made his debut in a Formula One car for the first time, driving the Aston Martin AMR22 at the Red Bull Ring.
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Jak Crawford tested the AMR22 again a month later, at the Red Bull Ring.
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Jak Crawford is set to drive the AMR24 during the Young Driver Test at the Yas Marina Circuit following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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In May 2024, Andretti Formula E announced Jak Crawford to be taking part in the Berlin rookie test for them.